MailScanner -debug errors

Anthony Peacock a.peacock at chime.ucl.ac.uk
Fri Jun 30 09:14:38 IST 2006


Hi,

Curtis, Roger wrote:
>>>> Curtis, Roger wrote:
>>>>> I just upgraded to the latest stable release of MailScanner trying
>>> to
>>>>> correct the "info:" and errors shown when using MailScanner -debug
>>>>> (below) but that didn't seem to fix anything.  I used Julian's
>>>>> easy-to-use installation files.  I have the appropriate loadplugin
>>> lines
>>>>> enabled in init.pre for all the plug-ins (dcc, pyzor, and razor2).
>>> I
>>>>> did not look at the Spamassassin.pm file as I have not made any
>>> changes
>>>>> to it so it should still be the "stock" file.  What am I missing?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your help and guidance.
>>>>> Roger Curtis
>>>>>
>>>>> Versions:
>>>>> MailScanner 4.54.6
>>>>> SpamAssassin 3.1.3
>>>>> Postfix 2.2.2
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [root at gateway rules]# MailScanner -debug
>>>>> In Debugging mode, not forking...
>>>>> [12606] dbg: logger: adding facilities: all
>>>>> [12606] dbg: logger: logging level is DBG
>>>>> [12606] dbg: generic: SpamAssassin version 3.1.3
>>>>> [12606] dbg: config: score set 0 chosen.
>>>>> [12606] dbg: util: running in taint mode? no
>>>>> [12606] dbg: message: ---- MIME PARSER START ----
>>>>> [12606] dbg: message: main message type: text/plain
>>>>> [12606] dbg: message: parsing normal part
>>>>> [12606] dbg: message: added part, type: text/plain
>>>>> [12606] dbg: message: ---- MIME PARSER END ----
>>>>> [12606] dbg: dns: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? yes
>>>>> [12606] dbg: dns: Net::DNS version: 0.57
>>>>> [12606] info: config: failed to parse line, skipping: use_dcc 0
>>>>> [12606] info: config: failed to parse line, skipping: use_pyzor 0
>>>>> [12606] info: config: failed to parse line, skipping: use_razor1 0
>>>>> [12606] info: config: failed to parse line, skipping: use_razor2 0
>>>>> [12606] info: config: failed to parse line, skipping:
>>> decode_attachments
>>>>> 1
>>>> Check your /etc/mail/spamassassin directory for local.cf and check
> the
>>>> settings in there against the documentation for the latest
>>> SpamAssassin
> http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.1.x/dist/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Con
>>> f.
>>>> html
>>>>
>>>> Those config lines are no longer valid.
>>>>
>>> Most options in local.cf are commented out.  What remained were
> valid
>>> bayes-related options.
>>>> (You may also need to check /etc/mail/spamassassin/mailscanner.cf
>>>>
>>> Everything in mailscanner.cf are also valid options per the
>>> Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf doc, or are options made available via a
> plug-in.
>>> The clue might be the "use_razor1 0" option, as I see that nowhere
> in
>>> any config file in /etc/mail/spamassassin.  Not being a Linux guru,
> I
>>> used "grep razor1 *" to check all files in /etc/mail/spamassassin.
> Is
>>> that valid?  Where else should I be looking for a config file that
> might
>>> have razor1 options in it?
>> Check in the home directory of the user that you ran this command as,
>> you may have a per user configuration file.
>>
>> The default user prefs file is: ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs
>>
> 
> The command was run as root.  Everything in ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs
> was commented out.  Someplace else to look?


I think you need to have a look at the docs:

http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.1.x/dist/doc/spamassassin.html#configuration_files

It could be that these config lines are in a *.pre file...


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